Sewing-stand.



ter towards both ends of the cover.

VICTOR` R. HOCHSTAETTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEWING-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application mea July 1, 196s.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Serial No. 441,386.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VIoroR R. HooHsTAE'r- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to `a sewing stand.

for carrying spools, thimbles, scissors and other devices usually employed in sewing, and for presenting the same in a convenient manner to the operator.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved sewing stand; Fig. 2 a plan thereof; Fig. 3 a bottom view'of the cover, and Fig. 4 a cross section on line 4--4, Fig. 1.

A rectangular work-box 10 is provided with a cover 11 hinged thereto at 12, and closed by a catch 13. t From cover 11v project upwardly a pair of posts 14 connected by a horizontal rail 15 which extends longitudinally over the center of the cover. Rail 15 and cover 11 are provided with alined apertures 16, 17, for removably receiving a number of upright pins 18 which rest upon a foot-plate 19 secured to the inner side of cover 11, (Fig. 3). Pins 18 are of dierent lengths and they thus project above rail 15 at diierent elevations, the drawing showing the pins to diminish in length from the cen- Thus each of the pins may be readily grasped without interfering with the .flanking pins Pins 18 are by approaching it sidewise. used for carrying spools 20, and similar articles, which may be supported either upon cover- 11, or ulpon rail 15. From posts 14 project lateraly a hook 21 and a ring 22 adapted to accommodate a pin-cushion 23 and a thimble 24, respectively, while an inch scale 25 is marked on the front edge of cover 11.

It will be seen that my improved sewing stand is of simple construction, and that it presents to the operator, in a convenient manner, the various devices used during sewing.

I claim:

1. A sewing stand comprising a box, a perforated cover hinged thereto, a perforated rail extending over the cover, and ins removably engaging the cover and rall-perforations, substantially as specified.

2. A sewing stand comprising a box having a cover, a perforated rail carried by the cover, and a series of pins removably engaging the rail, the pins being of diHerent lengths and projectlng above the rail at different elevations, substantially as speciiied.

3. A sewing stand comprising a box having a cover, a perforated rail carried by the cover, and a series of pins removably engaging the rail, the pins decreasing 1n length from the center towards thel ends of the cover, substantially as specified.

4. A sewing stand comprising4 a box having a cover, posts projecting upwardly therefrom, a perforated rail connecting the posts, a hook and a ring projecting from the posts, and a series of pins removably engaging the rail, the pins decreasing in length from the center towards the ends of the cover, substantially as specified.

Signed by me at New York city, (Manhattan,) N. Y., this 30th day of June, 1908.

VICTOR R. HOOHSTAETTER.

Witnesses:

FRANK v. BRIEsEN, AUGUST MINER. 

